Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha Sri Vanachala mahA munayE
namaha Srivaishnavas undergo sharanagathi under the divine feet of emperuman. It is said that Srivaishnavas should consider emperuman as the only rakshagan and remain with jnana, bhakthi, vairakyam. EmperumAnAr in his gadyatrayam says, “pitaram mAtaram dhArAn putrAn bandoon sakeen guroon …sarvadharmAmscha santyajya sarva kAmAmscha sAksharAn lOkavikrAntha charanow sharanam thE avrajam vibhO II” [ I leave my mother, father, wife, children, relatives, friends, acharyas, all other upayas and upeyas fully and surrender to your divine feet]. Thirumangai mannan says, “tAyE tandhaiyennum tAramE kilai makkalendrum nOyE pattozhindEn” So does that imply that all Srivaishnavas should leave all their relatives and friends and become sanyasis? No.
Nammazhvar who said “konda pendir makkal uttrAr….
KandathOdu pattadallAl kAdal maRRuyAdhu millai” in the paasuram (9.1.1)
appears to contradict himself in his same words in the previous paasuram
(8.10.11) who remarks in the phala shruthi that “nalla
padhaththAl manai vAzhvar konda pendir makkalE”. But Azhvar has no confusion in his
words. He actually means, those relatives or friends who aid us in
bhagavat/bhagavata kainkaryam are very important. Infact the blood relationship with
bhagavatas is greatly cherished by our acharyas. Guru paramparai says that koorathAzhvan
used to feel bad that he couldn’t have the dEha sambhandam (Blood Relationship)
like mudaliyandan with swamy emperumAnAr.
EmperumAnAr took up sanyasa but koorathAzhvan who was a para virakthan
did not take sanyasa. Why? He had
favorable wife and sons. He
cherished the relationship with Andal and bhattar. So it has to be kept in mind that
practicing Srivaishnavism nowhere makes us a sanyasi. In fact only a gruhastan can serve
bhagavatas in a very appropriate manner and hence Srivaishavas cherish to be
gruhasthas. Andal in the ninth paasuram, “toomani mAdhaththu”
shows the importance of deha sambhandam by awaking a gopi who very well knows
about the para svaroopam and jeevatma svaroopam and hence waiting for emperuman
to come and take hold of his property, by calling her with the relationship,
“mAmAn magalE” and “mAmeer avalai ezhupeerO” (To be continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
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